Water-closet



(No Model.)

W. T. FOX.

WATER CLOSET. No. 518,753. Patented Apr. 24, 1894.

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WILLIAM T. FOX, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

WATER-CLOSET.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 518,753, dated April 24, 1894. Application filed October 17, 1893. Serial No. 488,377. (110 model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that LWILLIAM T. FOX,.of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Closets; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being bad to the accompanying drawlngs, forming a part of this specification, and to the reference-numerals marked thereon.

My present invention has for its object to provide an improved watercloset particularly of the type having the bowl and trap constructed of porcelain or earthenware, which shall be simple in construction, easilyset up in position for use, and the water-pipes readily attached, without the necessity heretofore existing of using bolts or screws passing through apertures in the earthenware, and to these and other ends the invention consists in certain novelties in construction and combinations of parts, all as will be hereinafter fully described and the novel features at the end of this specification.

In the drawings: Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional View of a closet constructed in accordance withmy invention; Fig. 2, a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3, a horizontalsection on the line x-m of Fig. 1, and Fig. 4, a rear elevation of the upper portion.

Similar reference numerals in the several figures indicate similar parts.

The bowl or base of my improved closet is constructed as usual of a single piece of earthenware, porcelain or similar material, as this kind is cleanly and serviceable, though it could, if desired, be made of other material, and is provided with the bowl or basin 1, trapped passage 2, discharge pipe 3, and a water, chamber 4 extending around near the top of the basin 1, and having apertures 5 for flushing and washing the latter. Formed also in the base is the passage 6 having a jet orifice 7 for discharging the contents of the bowl through the trap, this passage terminating atits upper end in a chamber 8, as in Figs. 1 and 3.

9 indicates a rear plate or casting preferably of metal, having the pipe connection 10 at the rear connected to the flushing watera metal band 1 1 around the upper edge ofthe bowl (preferably entering a suitable recess formed therein) and secure the ends of said band to the plate 9. In the present instance, this is accomplished by threading the ends of the band, passing them through the ends of the plate and applyingnuts 15, which latter may be tightened holding the parts securely in position. Not only does this obviate the necessityheretofore existing of providing apertures, ears and special devices, which are liable to be broken in applying theback plate or metal connection required, but also serves to strengthen the top of the bowl and prevent accidental breakage and serves as an ornamental feature when nickel plated.

Other means of fastening and, tightening the band will at once occur to those skilled in the art and I do not desire to. be confined to the construction shown. l

The seat 16 is attached to the plate '9 by means of hinges 17. at the rear side, the pintles of the latter entering suitable apertures formed in the plate, as shown in Fig. .4, and the lid or cover 18 is hinged to the seat in the usual manner. By mounting the seat on the plate 9 to which the water-pipe is connected, it will be noted that onlya single connection with the crockery bowl is necessary, which I regard as a valuable feature of the invention irrespective of the means by which the plate is connected, though I prefer to employ the encircling baud shown.

While I have termed the part 9 a plate and have shown it only slightly recessed to form a water-chambeniit is obvious that its shapecould be variously changed or a recess formed in the rear portion of the porcelain if desired, but for obvious reasons I prefer the construction shown.

It will be further understood that the same plate and band can readily be used to fasten the vent pipes to porcelain bowl closets, the

pipe leading from the trap to the chimney corresponding to the water-pipe.

I claim as my invention-- 1. In a water-closet, the combination with the bowl, and a plate at the rear thereof, of a band encircling the bowl and connected to said plate, and a seat hinged to the plate and extending over the bowl, substantially as described.

2. In a water-closet, the combination with i the bowl having the Water-passages therein, and a plate at the rear thereof having a pipe Witnesses:

FRED F. CHURCH, G. A. RODA. 

